Relationship with Candidate at last position: Worked under Candidate in Alabama
working for Allcrest Pipeline Construction Company. Worked not only for him but also
with him as a peer. Both were in a consulting capacity.

Strengths: Candidate has a very broad knowledge base of construction, engineering,
field procedures and all the requisite skills needed to identify and solve problems.
Candidate was involved with a lot of technical and environmental issues. Candidate
was the overall program manager charged with responsibility to get the company out of
hot water with the Department of Energy and the US Congress. He pulled people
together and saw that they stayed focused.

He had a lot of inexperienced people working for him and it required him to take
technical staff with very little knowledge or direction and bring them up to speed quickly.
He did an excellent job and when he left it was a self-running program. Candidate spent
about half his time in the field in the trenches and half in the office.

Weaknesses: Very goal and task oriented and drives himself a little too hard.

Accomplishments: (example) At Allcrest, he took a company under litigation and
staggering revenue losses with high pressure to stop the bleeding and when he finished
they had credibility, trust of the government, state regulatory agencies and the field
personnel of Allcrest Pipeline Co. At the Nordstrom Nuclear facility, he worked with a
diverse number of groups, each with its own agenda, to get them to pull together on
difficult tasks. Candidate was totally responsible for entire program.

Ethical/Honest : Absolutely

Left employment because: Contract expired

I would hire (not hire) him again because: The way he is able to work with both
employees and management to build a team that produces.

Overall Opinion: Candidate would be an asset to any company.

Ability to Perform: Intelligent person with excellent performance

Work ethic: Exceptional

Meet deadlines: Never know him to miss one.

Ability to work under pressure and example: The Nordstrom Nuclear Facility was
facing sanctions and fines by the NRC. Candidate developed a program the NRC
recognized went above and beyond the issues and charges and caused the facility to
receive a clean bill of health.

FINAL COMMENTS: Any company that would end up with the candidate will have a
tremendous team player and a person able to get performance from all levels of personnel
without adversarial nature of doing so.

This is an actual reference survey conducted by recruiters working for FEC Enterprises, Inc.